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'.. J T0OFAT2 FAST AND EXERCISE
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Obesity Due to Over-Eating and Laziness and the Cure Is
' ' " ' '" Temperance and'-Activity. '
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By W: C. Cotton, M. D.
Fatness is a symptom of dis
ease, not of health, it signifies"
that'the digestive apparatus-is un-:
equal to the task that is pufc-upon
it, that the bodily ufrnace is not
burning up as large a proportion
' of the fo'oti' taken as it would-un-"-der
normal conditions.-
In general,' it may be said' that
-obesity 'goes hand in hand with
laziness and perhaps sensuous-.
hessl in one phase or another.
c There "are' exceptions' to this
rule we"all know thoroughly en
ergetic and temperate people'who
are also fat but it-isa rule never-,
'theless.
' To cite one striking, if unsaV
'ory fact bearing upon the relation
'between sloth and sensuousness
and obesity, we need "but to call
attention to the well known' prev
alence of obesity among prostr
titutes, Lombroso-says"
"This greater weight 'among
prostitutes is confirmed "by 'the
notorious fact'of-the obesity of
those who grow old in their vile
trade, 'and whVgtaduallv become
positive monsters of adipose tis-
'suel" " ' ' ---x "
Corpulency is attributable "to
'over-eating, combined Jwith lack
of exercise. 'The laziness of'the
indivitlUar'as a wnoFe is-co'mmum-cated
to his-digestive apparatus,
and instead of doing its dufy'an'dj
!jltfflm"g5ipKa1rhf:fdo'draTan", it!
takes a short cut,transforms the
starch into fat and stops at that
In general, then, the cure for
obesity is a matter of will power.
Strict temperance in all things
and a rigorous course of exercises
will generally effect reduction in
weight.
Food should be cut down one
half not by dropping alHats and
starchy foods, but by limiting all
elements in about the same pro
portion, with perhaps a slight re
duction in the ration of the strict
ly fat producing elements.
Get."busy. Prod yourself to ac
tivity. Don't lie abed. Take cold
baths and adopt some system of
exercises that will divert the
course of the fat factory within
you and set it to making muscle
instead of-fat.
Do not take any "anti-fat"
preparation. It Jias been shown
recently that the effect of -these
nostrums is bad. The most pow
erful of them now contain thy
roid, a drastic drug that not only
reduces flesh, but reduces the
general well-being of the patient
as well.
NEW TALES FOR OLD
Little Boy Blue,
Come blow your horn,
The 'cows in the meadow,
'Arid'tHe'cfrickens' 'KaveNjgorie to
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